Spelling board



Sept. 13, 1938.

A. FUNK SPELLING BOARD Filed June 5, 1957 @@OOOO @OOOOQG @OOGGCOOQ GOOOOGG@ @@@G OGGOGOOGO OOOQOOO@ QQOGO GOOOGOOQG B im ` ATTORNEYS Patented sept. 13, 193s i 2,129,834

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SPELLING BOARD Alfred Funk, Cincinnati, Ohio Application June 5, 1937, Serial No. 146,534 Claims. (Cl. 35-35) This invention relates to a` spelling board for and end walls 1, the box being closed by means use by small children learning to spell and to of a lid 8 slidable in grooves or ways 9 provided associate words with the objects named thereby. in the side walls of the box. The grooves are so An object of the invention is to provide a dearranged that the lid slides in substantial par- 5" vice of the character stated, which is designed allelism with the bottom of the box. The lid 8 5 to greatly facilitate the spelling of words, and to is plain and Without apertures or openings, so teach a child quickly the meaning of words as to provide a back board which serves as a stop spelled thereon. for pegs or plugs as will hereinafter be explained.

Another object is to so construct a device of Upon the outer face of the lid or back board,

lthe character stated, that a childs interest is there is hinged, as at I0, a peg board I2 having 10 retained while learning to spell. a thumb opening I3 or its equivalent, whereby A further object ofthe invention is to provide the peg board may be swung about the hinges, a spelling board which is designed to accomplish to and from an operative position at which it is its purposes with the use of simple and inexpensubstantially in flatwise abutment upon the back l5^sive means, and which is not too highly mechaboard 8. From the foregoing, it is. to be under- 15 nized for apprehension by young minds. i stood that the peg board has two movements, Another object is to make the device of the one being a movement about the hinges I0 and invention very compact and instantly ready for the other being a longitudinal movement bodily use, none of the parts of which are consumable with the back board 8. or destructible so as to require replacements in The peg board is provided with multiple rows 20 order to use it. of peg openings I4 which are substantially These and other objects are attained by the equally spaced apart, and adapted for the recepmeans described herein and disclosed in the ac'- tion of suitable pegs I5, one form of which is companying drawing, in which: shown in Fig. 3. The peg board is provided with Fig. 1 is a top plan View of the spelling board of a window I6, the purpose of which will be ex- 25 the invention. plained presently.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 'I'he character I'I indicates a card or sheet of 2--2 of Fig. l. substantially the size of the peg board, said sheet Fig. 3 is an elevational view of a. peg or plug bearing apictureV I8 and a corresponding word for use with the spelling board. made up of letters I9 which are preferably print- 30 Spelling boards and other devices for the ed thereon in colors. The sheet Il is adapted teaching of small children are known to be a to be interposed between the hinged pee board most desirable type of toy, provided that they are l2 and the beek beard 8, With the Dietnre I8 properly designed to command the interest and registering With the WindOW l5, and With the attention of the young mind. Various types of colored letters I9 registering substantially with 35 spoiling boards have been proposed, which upon certain ones 0f the pee holes I4, the purpose careful analysis have been found wanting in being to enable a child to observe the colored features necessary to a proper mode of instrucletters thlOugh thOSe peg holes which are in tion. For example, certain known types of spell registration i'fheTeW'h- The peg h01eS are made ing boards are complicated and too highly mechasuiciently large 170 enable ready Visibility 0f the 40 nized to properly aiiord the desired instruction, colored letters of sheet I1 when viewed from the the childs attention being thereby diverted from 110D 0f the device, ihI'Ollgh the Dee 1101eS- Thus, the real purpose of the device. Other types of a child using the device will recognize the picture spelling boards contain parts to be destroyed or I8, and by inserting Pegs through the holes I4 mutilated, which is a result not conducive to a. in which he can see the colored letters I9, will 45 proper instructive training of a child during Spell the Werd 01 11eme Which deSCIibeS the DiC- periods in which an attempt is made to obviate 'Cure i3 ai? the 00p 0f the Sheet i'l- It ShOllld he destructive tendencies. These undesirable eanoted that the sheet I1 rests atly upon the back tures of the prior devices have been eliminated board or lid 8, so that it may not be punctured by from the spelling board of the present invention, the insertion of pegs in the peg holes. In the 50 with the object oi enforcing, at certain times, at preferred form of the invention, the peg board least, influences of a character not possessed by flatly contacts the sheet I1 to prevent shifting toys ordinarily. movement thereof, however, other forms of In accordance with the present invention, there means for preventing such movement of the is provided a box having a bottom 5, side walls 6, sheet may be employed, if desired, should it be 55 lplain back board having found desirable to maintain the peg board in spaced parallelism with the back board.

As will be understood, the spelling board of the invention is furnished with a series of cards ture and corresponding names, so that the child using the device Will be enabled to spell, With the use of pegs such as l5, the names of various animals, ovvers, or other objects forming the subject matter of any replaceable sheet I7.

It Will readily be going, that continued use of the spelling board does not result in destruction or mutilation of any of its constituents, and that even very young children may be benetted materially by using the device. The box of which the back board 8 furnishes the lid or cover therefor, furnishes a convenient compartment for a set of pegs and additional cards or sheets such as IT.

The letters I9 of sheet Il are indicated as being printed with the color red, however, the color to be employed is optional, it being possible to print the letters in black upon a White backblack background, if

What is claimed is: 1. In an instruction device, the combination of a plain back board aving a solid face, a peg 2. In a spelling device, the combination of a a solid face, a peg board bottom wall, said providing a back board, a peg board hinged to the box lid and having formed therein a series of rows of peg holes substantially equally spaced apart, said peg board being hingedly movable to a position of flatWise contact upon the box lid, a removable sheet to be interposed between the lid and the peg board, said sheet bearing colored letters arranged to spell a Word, With the letters` so proportioned as to coincide substantially with holes of the peg board,

presence of the colored gures, the figure-bearing sheet being supported directly upon the box lid to preclude puncture of the sheet by the insertion of pegs, in the peg board holes, to indicate the spelling of the Word borne by the sheet.

4. In an instruction device, the combination of a plain back board having a solid face, a peg board having a window and multiple rows of peg holes extending through the peg board, said peg board being placeable flatWise upon the back board, a removable sheet to be interposed between letters, the i'latwise disposition of the sheet upon the back board serving to prevent puncture of the sheet by the pegs inserted through the holes of the peg board.

5. In an instruction device of the character described, the combination of a box having bottom, side, and end Walls, and a lid slidable along the side walls in substantial parallelism with the bottom wall, said lid providing a back board with a ing a picture observable through the peg board Window and a series of colored letters arranged to spell the name of the picture, with the letters so proportioned as to coincide substantially with certain of the peg holes of the peg board, the

ing to prevent puncture of the inserted through the holes of the peg board.

ALFRED FUNK. 

